Fire-escape



(No Model.)

M. A. ARROWSMITH.

I FIRE ESCAPE. No. 323,288. Patented J 1Ll 2 8, l 85..

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NITED STATES MARY A. ARROWSMITH, OF FREEHOLD, NE? JERSEY.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,288, dated July28,1885.

Application filed July 31, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY A. ARROWSMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freehold, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvementsin Fire-Escapes,of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a portable fire-escape consisting 01' a ladderwhich may be rolled up and placed out of the way when not in use, andyet is readily accessible when required for use.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the ladderitself, and in the man ner of attaching and arranging it, as hereinafterparticularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lrepresents a front view of abuilding with my improved fire-escape attached and in position for use.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6are detail views.

The ladder has its sides composed of chains A, formed of ordinary links,a, and the rounds of the ladder consist of rods B, bent so that each endpasses through one or preferably two of the links and is bent backwardand clinched, so as to form a loop or eye, and thus secure it to thelinks. By this means a ladder is formed which can be rolled up or laidin layers, so as to be out of the way when not in use and readilyaccessible when required. The ladder thus formed is attached either tothe inside wall or to the floor-beams of a building under thewindow-sill by means of a ring carried by a bolt, which may be passedinward through the wall or upward through the floor-beams.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and at the windows of the two lower storiesof the building (No model.)

represented in Figs. 1 and 2, the bolt 0 is 0 passed horizontally inwardthrough the wall D with a ring, 0, at its inner end, for attachment ofthe ladder, and a closet or locker, E, is provided under the window-sillfor holding the ladder when not in use.

As shown in Fig. 4, and at the window of the upper story of the buildingin Figs. 1 and 2, the bolt 0 is passed vertically upward through thefloor-beam G, and the locker is provided beneath the floor for holdingthe ladder when rolled or folded away and not in use.

In practice it is intended that each ladder shall be of sufficientlengthto reach the ground from whatever story of a building it may beconnected with.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a fire escape, the combination of a fiexi- 6v ble ladderhaving itssides composed of chains A, consisting of links a, and its rounds con1-posed of rods 13, having each end of each round embracing two of saidlinks, a bolt or bolts, 0, passi ng through the wall or floor-beam andprovided with a book of ring for attachment of the upper end of theladder, and a closet or locker arranged in the wall or floor beneath thewindowsill and inclosing the inner end of said bolt, substantially asshown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of May,1884.

MARY A. ARROWVSMITH.

In presence of K. M. SUPPLE, E. L. SMITH.

